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Rush Center Names Simone Bell as New Interim Executive Director

This week, the Phillip Rush Center Board of Directors named Simone Bell as its Interim Executive Director. Bell made national history in 2009, when she was elected to represent Georgia’s 58th House District,...

Rush Center Says Goodbye to Executive Director Linda Ellis

The Rush Center Board of Directors has announced in a press release that Executive Director Linda Ellis, who has been with the organization since its inception in 2008, has resigned. “I want to extend my sin...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, Feb. 28

1. Log Cabin Republicans leader Gregory T. Angelo maintains that Donald Trump is a "pro-LGBT president" despite attempting to ban transgender people from military service, appointing anti-LGBTQ judges to federa...

Georgia LGBT organizations participate in National Give OUT Day

It’s National Give OUT Day, and there’s a plethora of LGBT-related organizations to support across the nation, the Southeast and locally in the Peach State. Give OUT Day is the only organized national day of...

Atlanta LGBT groups, allies plan community vigil at civil rights center

A diverse coalition of 25 different Atlanta-area organizations have signed onto a letter in response to the Sunday shooting at LGBT Orlando nightclub Pulse and are calling on the community to come together for ...

Out On Film festival favorite ‘Upstairs Inferno’ returns to Atlanta for free screening

Atlanta Pride and Out On Film are sponsoring a free screening of the LGBT film festival circuit favorite “Upstairs Inferno," a documentary about New Orleans gay bar the Up Stairs Lounge being deliberately set o...

Catching Up with…openly gay former state Rep. Rashad Taylor

Rashad Taylor cleared his throat before stepping up to the microphones, wiped the sweat from his brow as numerous cameras snapped, then looked up with a broad smile on his face, saying, “Alright.” It was May...

Gay comedian Sampson McCormick brings the laughs, love to Atlanta

A Southern light is shining brightly in Los Angeles and his name is Sampson McCormick. The 29-year-old gay comedian from North Carolina is known for his comedy, writing and activism. On Jan. 31, he will bring h...

SOJOURN host Hanukkah party at Rush Center [PHOTOS]

Latkes were eaten, dreidels were spun and menorahs were lit as SOJOURN hosted a Hanukkah party on Wednesday evening at the Phillip Rush Center Annex. Check out our photo gallery below from a fun night! (P...

Atlanta black gay men offer support, challenge HIV laws

His dick was a lethal weapon, at least according to Missouri state law. But before Michael Johnson aka “Tiger Mandingo” was sentenced in May to 30.5 years in prison for felony HIV exposure and recklessly infect...

Transgender Day of Remembrance events lined up in Atlanta

The transgender community is having a moment this year, for reasons good and bad. On the one hand you have the high profile coming-out of Caitlyn Jenner this past July, which shined a spotlight on and sparked a...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

HIV Medications May Lower Risk of COVID-19, Study Finds

HUD Appears to Defy Bostock Ruling with Anti-trans Rule for Homeless Shelters

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community

Birthday Cakes, Parties Always Popular for Dogs

Billy Porter Makes History with Essence Cover

Rush Center Names Simone Bell as New Interim Executive Director

Rush Center Says Goodbye to Executive Director Linda Ellis

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, Feb. 28

Georgia LGBT organizations participate in National Give OUT Day

Atlanta LGBT groups, allies plan community vigil at civil rights center

Out On Film festival favorite ‘Upstairs Inferno’ returns to Atlanta for free screening

Catching Up with…openly gay former state Rep. Rashad Taylor

Gay comedian Sampson McCormick brings the laughs, love to Atlanta

SOJOURN host Hanukkah party at Rush Center [PHOTOS]

Atlanta black gay men offer support, challenge HIV laws

Transgender Day of Remembrance events lined up in Atlanta

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

Creep of the Week: Donald Trump

HIV Medications May Lower Risk of COVID-19, Study Finds

Readers and Staff Pet Photos

The Keys to Keeping Activism Alive

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community

Animal Therapy and the LGBTQ Community

Thrift Store Gives Pets a Second Life

Ways to Say Goodbye

Birthday Cakes, Parties Always Popular for Dogs

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